06-Lancastar Fanning, Saturday, Fobmary 14, 1998 Cooperative Milling Expands Feed Plant GETTYSBURG (Adkms Co.) One of the most diversified feed manufacturing plants on the East Coast is nearing completion in Gettysburg. Hie facility, which is expected to be finished by mid-1998, is owned by Coopera tive Milling, Inc., a joint venture between Agway and Southern States. 'The farmer customers of Ag way and Southern States require individually tailored products formulated precisely to meet their animal feeding needs,” said Jeff Best, general manager, Coopera tive Milling. “We have made sig nificant investments in new equip ment, technology and infrastruc ture designed to enable us to provide our owner’s customers with the animal feed products they need.” Among the new investments made during the expansion of the Gettysburg plant were; • A bulk loadout facility with 36 finished feed bins, pellet screen ing, liquid blending, add direct loadout capabilities. ■ A computerized batching and routing system, along with a new mixer and scale, which will in Bradley B. Fest, new district manager. New District Manager Named CAMP HILL (Cumberland Co.) —The Keystone Division of Puri na Feeds this week announced that Bradley B. Fest has been named the new district sales manager. Fest started in his new position Monday. Fest has been associated with Purina since he graduated from the Univestiy of Wisconson, Madison, in 1985. With a degree in Ag Eco nomics, Fest served in Purina sales in southeast Wisconson for 11 years. Then in May of 1997, he was named assistant sales manager in Statesville. North Carolina. Now he has been promoted to dis trict sales manager in Pennsylvani a, working out erf 1 the Camp Hill office and mill. “I believe in die value-added principle for products.” Fest said. “In today’s ag environment, if you want extra customers, you need to add value in the form of extra ser vice. We try to help the farmer make mote money. Often the far mer can’t do much about the prices he receives for products, but I firmly believe there are ways to generate more revenue for the dairymen. This can be done by tak ing a look at the opeation and help ing with financial decisions that focus on what part of the operation is profitable. Final construction phases of the warehouse and bulk loadout expansion at Co operative Milling In Gettys burg near completion. crease capacity by more than 33 percent over the previous system. • An automated bagged feed packaging line dedicated to pack aging equine feeds. This equip ment includes a new mixing sys tem, molasses addition system and packaging, all of which is comput er controlled. • 23,000 square feet of addition al warehouse space. hr addition, another pelleting line is being added to substantially increase pelleting capacity and a separate bulk scale will be added for all incoming raw materials “In our business, we need to earn the right for every order, every month, every week. We can’t say enough about how much we appreciate the business our cus tomers give us. And we want the opportunity to prove we have our customer’s interest at heart We have specific veterinarians and full lab support on staff. This service is at no charge to the customer. In addition, no other feed com pany does as much research as Pur ina. And we have experts on staff for about every kind of decision a farmer must make. Many busines ses the size of farming operations would have a board of directors, people who could be called upon to help make some of the business decisions. “We would like to be on the far mer’s board of directors, a partner in their business. Farmers may be suprised with what all we can help them. If a farmer needs something that seems unorthodox to ask from a feed company, we hope he will ask us anyway. He may be suprised at what we are able to do.” Fest and his wife Jackie have two children, Christopher 6, and Madelin, 11 months. They have bought a house in Mechanicsburg and will be moving to Pennsylva nia the begining of April. Sire Power TUNKHANNOCK (Wyoming Co.) At several regional sales award meetings held recently throughout the United States, Sire Power honored its lop sales people and national district sales man agers. Top honorees at this year’s award ceremonies were Earl Kep ner of Belleville, who earned the Sire Power membership area’s Direct Herd Representative of the Year. In the national market place, the District Sales Manager (DSM) of the Year Award was earned by Darrin VanOrsdale of Jasper, N.Y. Kepner and VanOrsdale were cited for their outstanding contributions to Sire Power, as sessing their sales, program usage, and management Ranking second out of the 46 national district sales managers is Chuck Blair of Alburg, Vt, who manages Northern New York and Northern Vermont This was the seventh consecutive year that Blair has been ranked in the top seven of this yearly contest Third place went to the western Pennsyl vania area, managed by Russ Jacques of Cochranton. This was the sixth consecutive year that Jacques has been ranked in the top 10. Rounding out the top 10 DSMs for 1997 were Mike Pachta, east ern Kansas/southeast Nebraska; Lynn Harbaugh, east central Wis consin; Mark Devitt, western Ohio; Greg Kilmer, southern New England, Hudson Velley, N.Y.; Mike Lee, western Michigan; and Keith McCauley of central New York. Award of Excellence plaques were also handed out to sales per sonnel who exceeded sales goals and budgets over the previous year. Earning this award were the following sales personnel. From Pennsylvania: Earl Kep ner, Jake Myer, Russ Jacques, Nelson James. Don Hibbard, El don Ford, and Steve Kacuba. From New York: Greg Kilmer, Darrin VanOrsdale, and Rod Prutsman. From Wisconsin: Bob Burch, Todd Cavanaugh, and Alderfer Auction Company HATFIELD (Montgomery Co.) The Pennsylvania Auctioneers Association (PAA) has recog nized the Alderfer Auction Com pany with six advertising excel lence awards at its 1998 Auction eers Convention held recently in Harrisburg. Five first place awards were given to Aldeifer’s in the real Detachers Feature Full-Flow Sensing MADISON, Wis. Just an nounced from Bou-Madc, a com pany of DEC Internationa], Inc., headquartered here, is the next generation in non-metered elec tronic detachers the Signature 4000 Series detachers. Each model in the Signature 4000 Series line of detachers fea tures full-flow sensing and non-re strictive shut-off that reduces va cuum fluctuation and vacuum droop, so cows are milked faster and more gently. “These stainless steel detachers offer the dairy producer the great est flexibility in choosing a de tacher,” said Ron Curran, product Honors Sales Personnel Recognized for 40 years of service to Sire Power at tight is Lloyd Greene, along with his wife, Doris. Presenting the framed Bonnie Mohr Scenic Portrait Is Gary Hennip, mem bership director of marketing. Award of Excellence honorees at recent Sire Power awards presentation are, left to right, front row, Mark De vitt, Jake Myer, Earl Kepner, Russ Jacques, Nelson James, and Lloyd Greene. Back row, Greg Kilmer, Rod Prutsman, Steve Cronin, Donald Hibbard, Mike Lee, Darrin VanOrs dale, Keith McCauley, and Eldon Ford. Dave Sime. Other award recipi ents were Stephen Cronin. West Virginia; Charlie Milliron, Virgin ia; Made Devitt, Ohio; Kelly Mc- Cool, Wyoming; Mike Pachta, Kansas; Jerry Holste, Kansas; Mike Lee, Michigan; Chuck Blair, Vermont; Emil Johnston, Wash ingum; and Lloyd Greene, Mary land. Also during the regional meet- Receives Awards estate brochure category, newspa per display category, specialty cataloged brochure categoy, farm auction brochure category, and 60-second radio advertisement A second place award was received in the black and white brochure category. PAA members from across the stale sent in their adver tising pieces to be judged by a panel of marketing professionals. manager for Bou-Madc. “From the economical model 4200 D, to the hi-tech model 4600 D, there is a Bou-Madc Signature 4000 Ser ies detacher to please any dairy producer. “These detachers have adjust able let down, detach and milk sweep delays so you can custom ize your herd’s milkout,” noted Curran. “These models are also manufactured from stainless steel to provide durability.” A compressed air supply is not required for operation and the pul sation line may be used as the vac uum supply for the Signature ings, several Years of Service awards were presented. Retired direct herd representative Ed Gul nac, formerly of Bedford, was giv en a retirement gift and recog nized for his 30 years of service with Sire Power. Lloyd Greene, AI training coordinator from Thurmont, Md. was recognized for his 40 years of service with Sire Power. “Sanford A. Alderfer built this company with a sense of integrity and a touch of class,” said Adver tising Manager Steve Leinbach. “When we work with our clients that same integrity and class not only comes in the selling of their property but also in the advertis ing and promotion of their proper ty. We want to give them the best in advertising and marketing.” 4200 D and 4400 D model detach ers. According to Product Engineer Ron Pulvermacher, “The Signa ture 4200 D model detacher has a full-flow curb mounted sensor that can be adjusted to meet a dairy producer’s detach preference. The milk shut-off can be plumbed with hoses up to 100 feet in length to free up the operator area from drop hoses.” The Signature 4400 D model de tacher is a rope detacher with full flow sensing, vacuum operated re traction and vacuum shut-off. “This allows for both manual and automatic operation,” said Curran.
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